Houston Weather Blog: Drought Update - Huge Improvements

David Paul's Blog: 'aaaaand, it's gone.' It never ceases to amaze me how quickly the weather patterns can change here in Houston Texas. Things were really starting to dry out here in April, May and the start of June. Then the tropics woke up, and everything changed.

Author:
Chief Meteorologist David Paul

Published:
8:02 PM CDT July 12, 2018

Updated:
8:03 PM CDT July 12, 2018

Those rain totals (above) ranging from 5" to 10" and more county wide are reflective of surrounding counties as well. Most of that rain fell in the second half of June as a tropical wave came off the gulf and soaked the coast of Texas, flooding Beaumont and Corpus Christi. The wet pattern continued into the 4th of July when heavy rain forced the cancellation of 'Freedom over Houston' in Buffalo Bayou. The bottom line is that drought conditions went from this...

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... to this in a matter of 3 weeks and my yard has become a green tangle again.